Omega19x

2:12pm: Dammit, Jim, I'm a video person, not a doctor.
I saw Star Trek again on Friday night, at the IMAX theater no less, and it was incredibly awesome.

I think it took a second showing to really appreciate the way Spock's character was done. I was able to see the conflict, the emotion, the pain... and before, it was so subtle, that I missed it. Of course, between an attractive Kirk getting his ass handed to him and... well, an attractive Kirk getting his ass handed to him a fifth or sixth time, it was easy to miss. I was distracted.



Distraction... happens...

But after the credits had rolled, I certainly wasn't distracted -

Friend: 'So, what'd you think of the movie? Was it just as good the second time?'
Me: 'Oh my God. He used a SureTarget preset on those ending credits. But how did he get a full, different background with each rotation?! That After Effects composition must have been huge!!'
Friend: 'oooookay...'

Okay, perhaps I was...

10:39pm: Your party, should you choose to enjoy it...
I have to give me and my mom credit. We came up with a very cute surprise for Father's Day and Dad never saw it coming!

We decorated the entire living room to look like an indoor beach. We threw down a picnic blanket, pulled out the lawn chairs, and draped towels over everything. There were seashells on the coffee table, a bucket and pail on the fireplace, and we even found his favorite swimsuit and orange hat (you can scan the entire ocean and know right where he was as long as he wore that neon orange hat...).

We ate a beach-style picnic dinner when he got home from work, looked through old pictures and postcards, listened to music and played a few games.

He was certainly surprised. And I think he really enjoyed himself.

Mission accomplished.